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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2013
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Korea University Research and Business Foundation, Seoul, KR;
Dong Gyu Noh, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jong Rok Park, Seoul, KR;
Su Lyun Sung, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Yong Tae Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Byung Jo Kim, Seoul, KR;
Seung Nam Yang, Seoul, KR;
Ji Hun Ha, Seoul, KR;
Sung Heon Lim, Seoul, KR;
Hyo Gon Kim, Seoul, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Korea University Research and Business Foundation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
There are provided an apparatus and a method for inter-vehicle communication. The apparatus includes a communication unit configured to perform communication with another vehicle, a positioning unit configured to obtain positional information of a vehicle, and a controller configured to synchronize time instances of transmitting/receiving messages to/from the another vehicle using a signal from the positioning unit, to set communication conditions based on communication congestion with the another vehicle, and to perform transmitting/receiving messages to/from the another vehicle at the synchronized time instance according to the communication conditions.